School Notes West

? Rush-Henrietta Central School District's 2012-13 parent/student athlete handbook and directory is available online. For details, go to rhnet.org.

Kendall

? The Kendall Central School District's Music Boosters group is seeking new members. This group of parents supports music students at all grade levels through fundraisers and community events. The organization meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the high school chorus room. For details, call (585) 659-8962.

Rochester

? Coffee & Conversation with the Superintendent will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, in the Central Office, Conference Room 3B, 131 W. Broad St. For details, go to www.rcsdk12.org.

? The annual Holiday Concert Series continues this month in the atrium of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 W. Main St. The series will be held at noon on Monday, Dec. 17, with the School of the Arts Choir, and Wednesday, Dec. 19, with the Gospel Choir from Marshall Campus.

Open Houses

? Roberts Wesleyan College will hold a Preview Day on Monday, Feb. 11, and Friday, March 15, on the campus, 2301 Westside Drive in Chili.

Meet the admissions staff, current students and faculty, tour the campus, talk with a coach, attend chapel and a class, sample lunch in the Garlock Dining Commons and learn about financial aid, student activities and student services. To register, go to roberts.edu/visits.

? Allendale Columbia School, 519 Allens Creek Road, Pittsford, will hold an All School Admission Open House in January.

On Jan. 30 explore each of Allendale Columbia's nursery through high school programs.

? Cobblestone School will hold an open house from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 10 Prince St. in Rochester. Registration is required. For details, call (585) 271-4548 or go to www.cobblestone.org.

Opportunities

? The Rochester Police Department is seeking nominations for its 2012-13 Do the Right Thing Awards Program. Students throughout the city of Rochester and Monroe County are selected bimonthly during the school year for recognition for their outstanding accomplishments and behavior. Children are nominated by teachers, neighbors, family members, police officers, emergency personnel and others.

A common factor shared by all winners is they acted in a manner that distinguishes them as role models to their peers.

? The After School Program in the Park for youths in kindergarten through sixth grade is offered at Lake Riley Lodge in Cobbs Hill Park, 100 Norris Drive. The program runs from 2 to 6:30 p.m. each school weekday through June 21.

There are fitness and arts activities, healthy snacks and hot meals, homework help and field trips. The cost is $55 per week; $45 per week for siblings.

All prices are $10 more for non-city residents.

On school holidays falling on Mondays, the program will be open at no additional charge. The program is available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays during winter and spring school recess weeks at $85 per week for city residents and $125 per week for non-city residents.

For more details, call (585) 428-8942 or go to cityofrochester.gov/afterschoolprogram.

? The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is holding its 2013 student YouthSafe Contest.

YouthSafe is an annual contest in which high school students in New York state submit posters, videos and essays on the topic of workplace health and safety for young people.

All students whose posters, videos and essays win first, second or third place will receive cash prizes and have their work posted on the NYCOSH website.

The submission deadline is April 12. For details, go to nycosh.org.

? Area high school students are invited to submit creative writing entries to the 2013 Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest.

Students from Monroe County can submit original works of poetry or prose to the Friends of the Rochester Public Library by 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28. The top prize is $300. Winners will be announced in April. For more information, call (585) 428-8350.

Forms can be returned to the ESU-Rochester Branch via email in care of wendylow@rochester.rr.com or mailed to Wendy Low, 84 Middlesex Road, Rochester, NY 14610.

The winner of each school competition will go on to perform a monologue and a sonnet at the Shakespeare Competition to be held by the Rochester Branch of the English-Speaking Union from 1 to 4 p.m. March 3 at MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), where local prizes will be awarded.

The ESU Rochester Branch winner will be awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City for the ESU National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center. First prize for the winner of the National Shakespeare Competition is a scholarship for summer study in the United Kingdom. Second prize is $1,000 and third prize is $500 from the Shakespeare Society.

For details about the competition, call (585) 288-5349 or go to esuus.org.